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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollywood Is Cranking Out Original Movies. Audiences Aren’t Showing Up.⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this feels like another thing that’s downstream from low wages.

  Movies are a luxury. If most people are struggling to get by in debt, they’re less likely to splurge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use your blinker in a car?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t drive anymore because I live someplace with transit and sidewalks, but when I drove I always signalled turns. Low effort, high safety.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People are kind of stupid and lazy, and if there’s no immediate benefit for doing something or punishment for skipping it, they’ll do whatever’s easiest. We’re all like this to some degree, in some contexts or other.

  It is a little funny to me that some people just don’t have professional standards. I would make a good faith effort to respond completely to a work email because that’s the job. But I don’t think that’s it for a lot of people.

  There’s a lot of ADHD and friends in the world, and a lot of it is untreated. They’re not skipping questions out of malice. They’re probably trying their best. Still failing, but trying. That counts for something.

  A lot of people also don’t read well. They won’t likely show up on a texty medium like this, but they’re out there. It may be uncomfortable and embarrassing for them to try to read your email, especially if the level of diction is high and the vocabulary extensive. Most people are emotionally kind of fragile, and won’t put up with that shame for very long. I think that’s why a lot of people want to hop on a call or have a meeting when it could’ve just been an email. They can talk fine, but communicating in written words is harder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought you were exaggerating that he’s 91. Our government has too many ancient farts, maybe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how the assassination is done. If it’s a headshot on trump, Vance will likely be president. If someone flies an IED drone into the two of them and they both die in the explosion, that’s different.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you answer the question "What's new with you?" when nothing happens in your life?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Usually a brief “I just read/played/watched such-and-such”

  If they know it, we can chat about it. If they don’t, and they’re interested, we can chat about it. Otherwise, the conversation moves on and the social rite is concluded successfully.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck this guy. I say we guillotine him as an example to the others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in New York City and have no desire to move to the suburbs or countryside. It’s great here.

  • I can walk to most of my needs. Several grocery stores, pharmacies, a big park, bars, restaurants. I don’t need a car.
  • there’s a thriving music scene. I can go see live stuff of many genres every night if I want
  • a deep dating pool. Lots of people. Lots of queer people too, if that’s your jam.
  • I like there being people around. The empty streets of the suburbs feel spooky and hostile to me.
  • more people means it’s easier to get group activities going. Join a soccer team. Brass band. Bird watching group. Knitting community. There’s everything. Usually more than one, in case a particular group isn’t your vibe.
  • stuff is open later.

  Some of the things people imagine about cities aren’t really true

  • it’s not constant noise
  • I typically can’t hear my neighbors
  • people don’t typically interact with you on the street, but if you need help someone will usually step up
  • it’s not shoulder to shoulder constantly. People seem to imagine it’s always times Square on NYE, but it’s just not.

  While you’re not unseen like you might be in the countryside, no one really cares that they do see you.

  Some people want “more space” but I don’t really know what for. A one bedroom apartment is fine for me. What would I do with more rooms?

  If I had kids, I wouldn’t want to put them in the suburban hell cage like I had. Nothing to do. Can’t get anywhere on your own. Don’t like the few dozen kids in your school? Well that’s your whole pool of friendship options. I was always so jealous of the kids I knew that lived in the city. They could just get on the train and go to the beach, or go skating, or go to a punk show, or whatever. I had to beg my parents to drive me anywhere interesting, and usually they didn’t want to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Movie theaters are trying everything to bring audiences back — from pickleball to cocktail bars⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think a lot of people are struggling economically, and movie theaters are kind of expensive. If labor had a bigger slice of the pie, more of them would probably spend it on movies.

  I used to go to a theater that served food and drink right to your seat, and enforced silence from the crowd. It was pretty good. But that’s also like $50 a go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If we were all in the room, we could strangle Sam Altman or whatever other capitalist dog was calling the shots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok ban loses momentum as fewer Americans view it as a security threat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of want to live in a world where people stop using tiktok because short form video like that seems bad for your brain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a historical event, person or time period you'd like to see made into a series?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… since a lot of people don’t read books, and our public education has kind of failed, maybe we could use television to teach people about politics.

  Maybe do The Jungle so people remember why regulation is important, and maybe even go the extra mile so they learn about organization.

  Something about how weekends were fought for in the us, maybe.

  Trust-busting, so people can remember that mega-corps aren’t your friend.

  On the other hand, some people sincerely think Homelander is the hero of The Boys, so maybe we’re doomed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I realized admitting fault is kind of a power move. You can just be like “oh! I was wrong. Woops” and what might have been a like hour long argument about some unimportant minutia instead just wraps up. Nothing bad happens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, you have to make them see you as a member of a shared in-group. That’s the most important thing to them (and many people, honestly. we’re all susceptible to tribalism and such)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't there mass protests in the USA?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to guess

  • poor media coverage
  • media is explicitly hostile to protests and pro trump/right-wing-extremism
  • many people are living paycheck to paycheck + we have minimal labor protection
  • years of left-wing organizations being kneecapped (eg: the murder of fred hampton)

  A lot of people are angry but there’s not really much organization. As much as I would love someone to take 50,000 of their closest friends, march down to DC, and shoot every republican in the head, without years of organizing that’s just a fantasy. Unfortunately, the right wing has been doing years of organizing and it’s now bearing fruit for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do the Republicans feel about Project 2025 now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know any republicans personally but I would not be surprised if, given a choice between admitting fault and feeling bad, or literally any other option including lying or violence, they won’t admit fault. If they weren’t emotionally stunted, they wouldn’t be conservatives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one went “straight to murder”. There have been decades of struggle.

  You’re also describing the “boxes of liberty” thing. “To be used in order: soap box, ballot box, jury box, ammo box”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can RFK Jr please get bird flu? Just him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC gamers spend 92% of their time on older games, oh and there are apparently 908 million of us now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I find it kind of funny how games are becoming more mainstream, but every once in a while I still meet people that are like “games are a waste of time”. But then again I guess people said that about movies and tv and still do sometimes.

  Also I’ve been playing guild wars 2 again. Base game is like 10 years old but it’s still fun

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He allegedly shot someone who was killing many other people for money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why can’t this asshole die of measles? Probably because he’s vaccinated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Tesla protests are getting bigger — and rowdier⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good. Escalate further. I want to see musk sobbing in fear before the lights go out of his eyes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A quarter of startups in Y Combinator's current cohort have codebases that are almost entirely AI-generated⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole “most startups lose a lot of money and fail, but some will be wildly successful” model is kind of rotten. Especially when the "wild success " often means breaking laws or becoming consumer hostile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It only took a day for LA Times' new AI tool to sympathize with the KKK⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to remember a lot of people are colossally stupid, but still are in positions to make decisions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By canceling town halls, Republicans treat the symptom, not the problem⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is every republican idea is a bad one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you rather be trapped in Groundhog Day or the Truman show?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Groundhog’s day if the day is pretty normal. Not like a day where I have the flu or AWS is down. There’s a lot of books to read, movies to watch, one night stands to have.

  Also I think my friends would believe me that groundhog day was happening. Might be able to get a slightly better situation than the movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck this asshole⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Laws only matter if they are enforced.

  The right wing doesn’t care about law or consistency. They care about in-groups to protect and out groups to bind.

  If “how do treat strangers” is a viable metric for assessing if someone is a good person or not, the the right wing are not good people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s Sergey Brin urges workers to the office ‘at least’ every weekday⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pray to Saint Luigi for guidance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love the future.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy should be, at the very least, removed from office. I don’t care if it’s handcuffs or a body bag.

  Fuck. I just want to thanos snap away all the republicans. The absolute worst people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨place yer bets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Everyone saying “they can evacuate” clearly doesn’t remember how bad the covid response was.

  There will be anti-space conspiracy theorists. The ownership class would demand people continue working until the last possible minute (and beyond). It would be politicized, because some people are unbelievably stupid, cruel, and selfish, and enough people are so stupid they’ll buy in.

  Now, if we could make the meteor fall on a location occupied solely by the people who don’t believe in science…